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Breastfeeding is associated with increased lung function at 18 years of age: a cohort studyN Soto-Ramírez
Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter St Suite 205, Columbia, SC 29208, USA E mail
Eur Respir J 39:985-91. 2012..In conclusion, a longer duration of breastfeeding contributes to lung health in childhood and adolescence...- IL13 gene polymorphisms modify the effect of exposure to tobacco smoke on persistent wheeze and asthma in childhood, a longitudinal studyAlireza Sadeghnejad
Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
Respir Res 9:2. 2008..The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a combined effect of interleukin-13 gene (IL13) polymorphisms and tobacco smoke on persistent childhood wheezing and asthma... - Exposure from the Chernobyl accident had adverse effects on erythrocytes, leukocytes, and, platelets in children in the Narodichesky region, Ukraine: a 6-year follow-up studyEugenia Stepanova
Scientific Center for Radiation Medicine, Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Environ Health 7:21. 2008.... - Increased blood pressure in adult offspring of families with Balkan endemic nephropathy: a prospective studyPlamen S Dimitrov
National Center of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad Ivan Geshov Street, Sofia, Bulgaria
BMC Nephrol 7:12. 2006..The authors evaluated the relationship between kidney cortex width, kidney length, and blood pressure in the offspring of BEN patients and controls... - Commentary: halogenated organic compounds and child's growth: a growing public health problemWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, 29208-0001, USA
Int J Epidemiol 35:858-61. 2006 - Metals and kidney markers in adult offspring of endemic nephropathy patients and controls: a two-year follow-up studyWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Environ Health 7:11. 2008..In this systematic study, we tested whether exposures to metals (cadmium and lead) and metalloids (arsenic and selenium) are related to Balkan Endemic Nephropathy... - Maternal levels of dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE) may increase weight and body mass index in adult female offspringW Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208 0001, USA
Occup Environ Med 66:143-9. 2009.... - Offspring of parents with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy have higher C-reactive protein levels suggestive of inflammatory processes: a longitudinal studyWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
BMC Nephrol 10:10. 2009..Despite the characteristic extensive tubulointerstitial fibrosis, Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) is usually considered a non-inflammatory disease... - Prenatal and concurrent exposure to halogenated organic compounds and gene expression of CYP17A1, CYP19A1, and oestrogen receptor alpha and beta genesWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208 0001, USA
Occup Environ Med 68:430-7. 2011.... - Long-term effects of breastfeeding, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and recurrent lower respiratory tract infections on asthma in childrenWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 0001, USA
J Asthma 45:688-95. 2008..A high proportion of asthma cases in childhood can be prevented by promoting breastfeeding, by preventing smoking during pregnancy, and by avoidance of recurrent lower respiratory tract infections in early childhood... - Health care-associated rotavirus illness in pediatric inpatients in Germany, Austria, and SwitzerlandIvo M Foppa
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:633-5. 2006..The effectiveness of vaccination against RV from 2 months of age onward remains to be evaluated... - Invited commentary: Sibship effects and a call for a comparative disease approachWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:133-8; discussion 139. 2005 - Reduced kidney size in adult offspring of Balkan endemic nephropathy patients and controls: a prospective studyKesinee Hanjangsit
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
Am J Med Sci 340:94-102. 2010..To investigate the clinical course of kidney sizes in the offspring of BEN and non-BEN parents, we followed up a cohort of adult offspring over 5 years. We hypothesized that parental history affects kidney dimensions... - Maternal concentration of dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (DDE) and initiation and duration of breast feedingWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 19:388-98. 2005..7 weeks for lower DDE. We did not detect any association between PCBs and breast feeding. In the absence of the distorting effects of maternal smoking, DDE exposure may decrease initiation and duration of breast feeding... - Effect of breastfeeding duration on lung function at age 10 years: a prospective birth cohort studyI U Ogbuanu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Thorax 64:62-6. 2009..The association of breastfeeding duration and lung function was assessed in 10-year-old children... - Placental p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene and cord blood immune markersKevin Brooks
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 0001, USA
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 18:621-4. 2007..Furthermore, both cord plasma IL-4/interferon (IFN)-gamma and IL-13/IFN-gamma ratios were significantly positively associated with placental p,p'-DDE concentration... - Cow's milk exposure and asthma in a newborn cohort: repeated ascertainment indicates reverse causationChris Fussman
Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
J Asthma 44:99-105. 2007..16, 0.99). Hence, cow's milk consumption does not protect against childhood asthma. The apparent protection of cow's milk against asthma may result from parents of asthmatic children avoiding cow's milk, rather than actual prophylaxis... - Polybrominated biphenyls, polychlorinated biphenyls, body weight, and incidence of adult-onset diabetes mellitusOana Vasiliu
Department of Epidemiology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Epidemiology 17:352-9. 2006..In women, there was a positive linear association of diabetes incidence with PCB serum levels at enrollment. This finding is in agreement with 2 prior studies indicating a higher relative risk of diabetes in PCB-exposed women... - Parental concentration of dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene and polychlorinated biphenyls in Michigan fish eaters and sex ratio in offspringWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, 4660 S Hagadorn Road, Suite 600, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
J Occup Environ Med 44:8-13. 2002..11 to 4.74). Thus, paternal exposure was linked to a higher proportion of male offspring. These findings are opposite those reported for the Seveso study and are in accordance with those for dioxin exposure in the American veterans study... - Childhood growth and exposure to dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene and polychlorinated biphenylsWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing
J Pediatr 140:33-9. 2002..The observed differences narrow at the year 9 examination and disappear at the year 10 examination. No effects on boys' heights were observed... - Growth in girls exposed in utero and postnatally to polybrominated biphenyls and polychlorinated biphenylsWilfried Karmaus
Epidemiology 13:604; author reply 605. 2002 - Study on the Prevention of Allergy in Children in Europe (SPACE): allergic sensitization at 1 year of age in a controlled trial of allergen avoidance from birthGerhard Halmerbauer
University Children's Hospital, , Vienna, Austria
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 14:10-7. 2003.... - Atopic manifestations, breast-feeding protection and the adverse effect of DDEWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 17:212-20. 2003..We recommend determining levels of breast milk contaminants in children when assessing the impact of breast feeding on atopic manifestations... - Maternal concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls and dichlorodiphenyl dichlorethylene and birth weight in Michigan fish eaters: a cohort studyWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, 4660 S, Hagadorn Rd, Suite 600, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Environ Health 3:1. 2004..Additionally maternal exposures, such as dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE), which are related to PCB exposure and may interfere with the PCB effect, were rarely taken into account... - Regarding "Persistent organochlorine compounds and birth weight"Wilfried Karmaus
Ann Epidemiol 14:151; author reply 152-3. 2004 - Backward estimation of exposure to organochlorines using repeated measurementsWilfried Karmaus
Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:710-6. 2004..Whenever repeated measurements are available, regression analyses seem to produce more accurate backward estimations of exposure... - Immune function biomarkers in children exposed to lead and organochlorine compounds: a cross-sectional studyWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, B601 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Environ Health 4:5. 2005..Children are at greater risk for exposure to these environmental toxicants, but very little data exist on simultaneous exposures to these substances... - Are oral contraceptive use and pregnancy complications risk factors for atopic disorders among offspring?Kevin Brooks
Department of Epidemiology, School of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 15:487-96. 2004..24), respectively. CDP was only shown to be a significant risk factor for hay fever. Additionally, a higher number of older siblings were protective for hay fever. The results suggest that asthma in childhood may be programmed in utero... - Storage of serum in plastic and glass containers may alter the serum concentration of polychlorinated biphenylsWilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:643-7. 2004..We recommend standardizing specimen collection, handling, storage, and measurement, which is particularly necessary for newly emerging analytes... - Anthropometric measurements for neonates, 23 to 29 weeks gestation, in the 1990sPadmani Karna
Division of Neonatology, Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 19:215-26. 2005..Our Michigan data of 23-29 weeks preterm provides new national reference values, which we recommend for use in US neonatal centres for extremely preterm neonates... - Low blood lead levels associated with clinically diagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and mediated by weak cognitive controlJoel T Nigg
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Lansing, MI 48824 1116, USA
Biol Psychiatry 63:325-31. 2008..We examine this relationship in children from a community sample exposed to average background levels of lead who have a diagnosis of ADHD that is established by clinical criteria... - Study on the prevention of allergy in Children in Europe (SPACE): allergic sensitization in children at 1 year of age in a controlled trial of allergen avoidance from birthGerhard Halmerbauer
University Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 13:47-54. 2002.... - Maternal atopy and the number of offspring: is there an association?Wilfried Karmaus
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 14:470-4. 2003.... - Patterns of GATA3 and IL13 gene polymorphisms associated with childhood rhinitis and atopy in a birth cohortMarianne Huebner
Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 121:408-14. 2008..GATA3 activates transcription of the T(H)2 cytokines, including IL13, an important step in the allergic inflammatory pathway... - Retinopathy of prematurity and risk factors: a prospective cohort studyPadmani Karna
Division of Neonatology, Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
BMC Pediatr 5:18. 2005....
Research Grants
- Organocholorides & Sex Steroids in Two Michigan CohortsWilfried Karmaus; Fiscal Year: 2004..This work brings together a multidisciplinary research team with a record of collaboration and expertise in epidemiology, toxicology, and genetics. ..